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That is a rule that can be applied across the board in life events. Yet, it is no more dramatic than in the world of wagering. Today, there is an explosion of wagering on everything from what color hat the queen is going to wear to when Donald Trump will next attack Iran. What we have learned from this ability to wager on anything is how valuable inside information is.

“Tis but a scratch,” the Black Knight says after King Arthur severs his arm in the Monty Python movie the Holy Grail. The Black Knight valiantly chooses to fight on even with both arms and both legs sliced off by King Arthur.

The San Francisco 49ers have valiantly chosen to fight on too … and won all six of their games while having key players from both sides of the ball severed from their lineup by injuries.

Brock Purdy’s receiving corps took a hit before the season began when third-year wideout Rickey Pearsall was lost for the season to a knee injury. Once the season started, the 49ers loss of wideouts included a hamstring injury suffered by Deebo Samuel two weeks ago and Monday night’s aggravated Achilles that will sideline Mike Evans when the 49ers meet the Falcons this week in Atlanta.

The defense has also been rocked by injuries. All-Pro defensive lineman Nick Bosa has spent the season on the sidelines with a knee injury. Linebackers Garnet Wallow and Luke Gifford are sidelined with a hamstring and groin injury respectively. Safety Marques Sigle is also likely not available on Sunday with an ankle injury.

“Tis but a scratch,” may be a funny line in the Monty Python classic, but the 49ers for the second consecutive season, have incurred a rash of injuries that once again they look to overcome. Last year, despite a similar group of wounded, the team advanced all the way to the playoffs and won their opening postseason game over the Eagles in Philadelphia. Then they met the eventual Super Bowl Champion Seahawks and got whooped.

Kyle Shanahan deserves better. He and John Lynch joined the team together nine years ago and have been one of the most successful management tandems in the league. They rebuilt a San Francisco team that had won only two games the season before they took over in 2017. With their leadership, the Niners have advanced to the playoffs five times, won the NFC West three times and twice represented the National Football Conference in the Super Bowl.

The San Francisco 49ers became the first team this season in the National Football League to reach the six-win mark with their victory last night over the Washington Commanders. There are two other teams that have not lost this year; the Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs. Because both those undefeated teams have already had their bye week on their 2026 schedule they have each won five games.

On the Qoxhi site we have an exclusive feature that delivers each team a Point Spread Price. The number shows how much the current point spread against that week’s opponent is priced by the books. A high number reveals that the team is paying a price on the spread and a low number shows that they are undervalued. Routinely, a team paying a high price on the spread over their average for the season will have trouble covering the posted line. A team priced below their season average on this chart will have an easier time winning with the benefit of the point spread.

Now, you might think that the three undefeated teams would have the highest Point Spread Price, and if the lines were derived solely from performance that would be the case. But point spreads are not only tied to team strengths and game situations, but public opinion. This is where we gain our biggest advantage in knowing what teams are over and underrated by the public.

Only three teams in the league enter the seventh week of the season with an average Point Spread Price of over 90, and none of them are the undefeated teams.

The team with the highest average on this chart in 2026 is the Los Angeles Rams with 95. This season, the Rams are 2-4 both straight-up and against the point spread. The Buffalo Bills have the next highest Point Spread Price on their season average with a 93. The Bills are 5-1 straight-up and 4-2 against the line. The third team this year with a Point Spread Price of at least 90 is the Seattle Seahawks, they are 3-3 straight-up and 1-3-2 against the point spread in 2026.

And the three teams with perfect straight-up records, the 49ers, Vikings and Chiefs, have Point Spread Prices on the season that average 79, 74 and 83 respectively. They also combine their unbeaten straight-up mark with an 11-5 record against the point spread.

The San Francisco 49ers host the Washington Commanders tonight to complete the Week Six National Football League schedule. Kyle Shanahan’s squad is one of the three unbeaten teams in the league and the first team that could reach the six-win plateau without a loss. The Minnesota Vikings had their bye this week after winning their first five games and the Kansas City Chiefs won their fifth game yesterday following their bye week.

The 49ers came into this season considered contenders for all the marbles but playing out of the toughest division in football with odds that forecasted they were likely a third-place finisher behind the favored Los Angeles Rams and defending Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks. But over the first month of the season, the Rams look like a horse forced to carry a 200-pound jockey and the Seahawks are having a quarterback controversy now that Sam Darnold has won only one of the four games he has started and finished.

If the 49ers win tonight, and they are favored by more than a touchdown, the NFC West Division race may look like San Francisco is Secretariat in the Belmont Stakes. You probably recall or have since learned that Secretariat won the final leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown in 1973 in record time and by 31 lengths. In fact, he had such a lead on the field that jockey Ron Turcotte actually took a peek back while making the final turn to see how far the rest of the field was behind the horse he said after the race did all the work while he was just along for the ride.

Might Shanahan have a similar comment about his team if they continue to perform at the level they have demonstrated over the first month of the 2026 campaign? And might this be the week that they pull so far ahead of the field in their division that they can begin the coast to the finish line?

After all, this week their two primary division rivals, the Seahawks and Rams, have both already lost. Seattle was upset by the Denver Broncos on Thursday night, and the Rams didn’t allow the Arizona Cardinals a touchdown yesterday but the six field goals the visitors kicked was enough to eke out an 18-16 win for the visiting dogs. How many players do you think were knocked out of their survivor pool with that Los Angeles loss?

Statistically, the 49ers have the third best defense in the league based on points allowed, while the visitors tonight, the Commanders, are third from the bottom in points allowed. On the season, the Commanders have averaged allowing 11 points more per game than the 49ers.